KS1
Areas of learning
Personal Development
Understanding the arts
Understanding English,communication and languages
Scientific and technological undertanding
Creative
Assessment
To be able to share a
prayer/reflection and place it
on the prayer/reflection
tree.
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Skills and Attitudes
Investigation-I can give examples of prayer
Interpretation-I can talk about prayer
aretfacts and what they might mean.
Awe and wonder-To be able to experience
‘still and quiet time.’
Respect for all- that people pray in different
ways and in different places.
2.AudtitoryListen to poem about hands.
Think about how we use our hands in prayer.
Story Sack- based on parable
1.Kinaesthetic—
Starting point of Hands- Look at hands. \hand prints.
Use reflective area in school/school garden/ Local \church.
Useful websites
www.biblepicturegallery.com
www.Jesusmafa.com> mini posters
www.biblical –art.com
3.Visualimages of hands and images of people in prayer
Spiritual Development
An awareness of thought and
thinking.-thinking happens in our
heads.
How we talk to others.
Thinking of others-Kindness to
others.
Reflection.
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Areas of learning
Personal Development
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Understanding the arts and design
Understanding English,communication and languages
Scientific and technological undertanding
1.Art/Creative -Hands
Hist/Geog-Visit to place of worship
Literacy/CLL
Science-Senses -Touch
PSED.SEAL Games e.g ‘pass the squeeze’
2. Literacy/CLL-poetry link and story sack
Creative Dev. Music e.g Enya
PSED.SEAL
3. Art/Creative Dev.
Further development –making prayer mats ISLAM
Buddha and the Bodhi tree story
DT /Creative Development-KUW-Prayer wheels to make. Prayer beads. Prayer pebbles
Sing and Say – Tiddlywinks ISBN 1844272451
Barnabas website –‘Quiet corners’
Kinaesthetic
• Starting point of Hands- Look at hands. \hand prints.
Use reflective area in school/school garden/ Local
\church. Mystery objects to feel and observe include
Prayer artefacts-prayer beads, kneeling / prayer
books/pebbles. Visit from Vicar .Candle /Irish
blessing/prayer wheel.
Auditory
• Listen to poem about hands. Think about how people use their
hands in prayer – e.g. hands together, using prayer beads
• StorySack- based on parable Luke 11.5-10.
Visual
Images of hands and images of people in prayer.-Slide
show with music. People pray in different places and in
different ways. Prayer/Reflection tree- links with home
and school. Children invited to contribute
prayers/reflections. Local vicar invited to talk about how
he leads prayer.
Skills and Attitudes
• Investigation-I can give examples of prayer
• Interpretation-I can talk about prayer artefacts and what
they might mean.
• Awe and wonder-To be able to experience ‘still and quiet
time.’
• Respect for all- that people pray in different ways and in
different places.
Resources
• 1. Solihull –R.E in the Foundation Stage
• Prayer wheel.Faith in Art. Belair ISBN 0-94788-282-0
• 2. Hands poem Peter Young-‘Starting with me’ -Belair
books.
• Story sack –Teddy -‘Now who’s a tapping?’ from Parable
fun for little ones. By Renita Boyle ISBN 978-1-84101491-3
• High Fives Fairtrade.-Hands.
• Bible Storybags. Margaret Cooling “hands” ISBN976-184161-532-3